[Verse 1]
The snow glows white
On the mountain tonight
Not a footprint to be seen 1
A kingdom of isolation
And it looks like I’m the queen 2
The wind is howling like
This swirling storm inside
Couldn’t keep it in
Heaven knows I’ve tried 3

[Pre-Chorus 1]
Don’t let them in
Don’t let them see
Be the good girl you always have to be
Conceal, don’t feel
Don’t let them know
Well now they know 4

[Chorus 1]
Let it go
Let it go
Can’t hold it back anymore
Let it go
Let it go
Turn away and slam the door 5
I don’t care
What they’re going to say
Let the storm rage on
The cold never bothered me anyway 6

[Verse 2]
It’s funny how some distance
Makes everything seem small
And the fears that once controlled me
Can’t get to me at all 7

[Pre-Chorus 2]
It’s time to see
What I can do
To test the limits 8
And break through
No right, no wrong
No rules for me
I’m free! 9
[Chorus 2]
Let it go
Let it go
I’m one with the wind and sky
Let it go
Let it go
You’ll never see me cry
Here I stand
And here I’ll stay
Let the storm rage on 10

[Bridge]
My power flurries through the air into the ground
My snow is spiraling in frozen fractals all around
And one thought crystallizes like an icy blast
I’m never going back, the past is in the past 11

[Chorus 3]
Let it go
Let it go
And I’ll rise like the break of dawn
Let it go
Let it go
That perfect girl is gone
Here I stand
In the light of day
Let the storm rage on
The cold never bothered me anyway 12

Explained Lyrics

Elsa uses these lines to show the absolute perfectness of the moment with the snow lying undisturbed. It is also a sign of loneliness.

At this point Elsa who has powers over ice and snow, receives news of her parents demise and as the next in line to the throne she realizes with disappointment that she is now the queen of Arendelle.

Elsa is unable to control her powers over ice and snow no matter how hard she tries and in the past she has injured her younger sister Anna. The external turmoil also reflects her inner turmoil after losing control again on the day of the coronation and sending her kingdom into winter.

Elsa grew up hiding her true feelings especially after an incident in which she hurt her sister by mistake resulting in the separation of the two. For fear of a repeat, she learnt to hold her feelings in check since no one could teach her how to control her powers.

In her solace in the mountains, Elsa is able to finally be herself and lose control where she cannot hurt any one. She is also happy to leave because she gets to avoid the responsibility of ruling the kingdom, so she just runs off.

In the mountains and away from her problems she is least bothered by the mess that she has left behind. At this point she encourages the storm that she can’t hold back to keep on raging on to sooth her own inner turmoil, after all as the ice queen, the cold has no effect on her.

Having left the town, Elsa is able to look at it from a far, where her home looks small and unimposing, just as the fear that she would one day be discovered that she could not control her powers has now become and now looks insignificant from a distance because the entire kingdom knows.

Elsa having never had the opportunity to push her powers to the limit or a way of knowing just what she could accomplish is now free to pursue her own interests.

Elsa, in her solitude in the mountains is able to test her power and its limits because there is no authority to stop her or hinder her and she is also hidden away from intruding eyes.

Elsa is free and in the mountains she could be happy and so she makes herself a hideaway, where she can be one with nature and in her solitude she can cry all she wants.

Elsa is learning more about her power and is now enjoying using them. While playing with her toys one thought kept itself alive in her head, that she could never go home to Arendelle.

Elsa lets all her worries float away and in the morning she knows that she will be stronger and can let her power and anger rage on after all she is at home in the cold.